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Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-02

SOuJn an OutlWeSt!
Many Hours Saved and the only
Line running Two Trains Daily to Kan.
sas City, Leayenworth and Atchison
making connections with the Union Pa
cific and Atchison, Topeka and Sante
Fe Railways.
19 Close connec tions madein Union
Depot with all trains of the st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba; Nothern Paci-
fc;; st. Paul & Duluth Railways, from
and to all points North and Northwest!
Remember the Trains Of the Mime
apolis & st. Louis Railway are composed
of Comfortable Day Coaches, Magnif-
cent Pullman Sleeping Cars, Horton Re
Ginning Chair Cars. and our Justly cele-
DRAFTED Palace Dining Cars!
seF15O lbs. of Baggage Checked Free.
Fare always as Low as the Lowest! For.
Time Tables. Through Tickets etc.
call upon the nearest Ticket Agent or
write to s.. II. BOYD.
8Genl Tkt.. & Pass. Agt., Minneapolis
Mimi.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-02

st. James A. M. E. Church near
corner Of Fuller and Elicit st. services,
Sunday morning at II A. NJ. Evening
services 7.45 Pm. Sunday School, 2.3o
pm. Wednesday evening Prayer Meet
ing at 8 o'clock. PASTORS Residence,
243 Martin Street. Rev. c. s. Jacobs,
Pastor.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17

All under all
esGIa
equal prices quality
We ak
selling TOBACCO not MEN and it
inaon justice ALL
Several Of the largest Bright
market
doubt the s'rnngest
promptly while have
for AL oory grades when load
regardless Of what
era welcome, with good accomnoda
ticns and full prices fer Tobacco
=. Y. COOPER.
finest lot of Top and Top Buggies and Car
to
elsewhere
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17
Stick to Your Farms.

Young men are making great mis-
take in leaving the farm for the city.
In doing this many are leaving for
tunes in the country for precarious oc-
equations in the towns. The farm is
mans friend if it has proper attention
and the right kind Of treatment. There
are men making a living for them
selves and their families on the farm,
who are still dissatisfied. They do
not handle much money it is true, in
the way of large salary, but they are
better off than the salaried clerk. The
farm supplies their tables with an
abundance of the good things Of life,
to provide which the salaried clerk
has to spend his income. 1t is a
strange fact that the average farmer
does not count his H0i2g anything.
A living is all the business man gets.
The farmer gets hiz living, and gets it
easier, happier, and more abundant
than the man whose occupation he
envies.
1t is common complaint that II e
farm and farm life are not appreciated
by our people. We long for more ell
egant pursuits, or the ways and fash
ions of the towns. But the farmer has
the most sane and natural occupation,
and ought to find life sweeter, if less
highly seasoned, than any other He
alone, strictly speaking, has a home.
How can a man take root and live
without land?
He writes his history upon his field.
How many ties and resources he has !;
his friendships with his cattle, his dog,
his trees, the satisfaction in his grow
ing crops, in his improved fields; his
intimacy with nature, with bird and
beast, and with quickening elemental
forces. Cling to your farm. make
much of it; bestow your heart, yoar
BRAIN upon it, so that it shall SAVIOR Of
you, and radiate your virtues after
your days work is done.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17
The C1Smop0litan For February.

"A Night in Chinatown beautiful
illustrated article by Mr.. George H. Fitch.
editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, is
one of the most striking and Interesting
articles in the February number of The
CosMoPOLLrAN, published 10y Schlicht &
Field Co, Rochester, n. Y. 1t sets forth
in vivid and picturesque language the APP
palling features of this Chinese settlement
in the heart of an American city DR..
Edward ". Bemiss article entitled &C The
Iron Octopus" is an able and timely dis
cussiOn of the Railroad Problem. What
Monkeys Know" by Henry Howard, is a
vivaciouS contribution to that entertaining
domestic habits of an interesting species of
animals. Mr.. Arnold Burgess johnson, the
Chief of the Light-H ouse Bureau, contri-
buteS an unconventional and humorous
tale of the lighthouse service; it is entitl-
ed, Mr.. Clegg's Very Mysterious Disap-
parance." Mrs. Katharine b. Foot's story
entitled :" The Bundle that -" is as
perplexing and fascinating as the famous
Is puzzle. The Little Orphan" is a
powerful and pathetic sketch by Theodore
DoStoiySky, the great Russian novelist.
" The Story of Bertha" by Guy de Maui
PEASANT, is very perculiar tale by one of
the foremost French writer's. Mr.. William
H. Briggs brings to close his series of
humorous articles entitled, " A Humble
Castle in Spain, The present installment
OF Signor lie" by the foremost Italian
novelist, Salvatore Farina, is particularly
delightful, showing how Mr. 10 resolved to
get married again. Ella Wheeler Wilcox,
Susan Hartley, and Frank Dempster Sher-
man contribute charming poems to this
number of THE COSMOPOLITAN. which, with
its attractive full page illustrations, its
Valuable Household department, and the
depar ment for Young Folks, is one of the
Lest yet issued
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17
Expert Opinions on the Interstate
Commerce Bill.
FCharlOttc Chronicle. ]

The last Brad5h-eet's gives the
opinions of a number of railroad men
and others with respect to the proba
bic operation OF the inter State COM
merce bill. Coming from experts and
business men the views are important,
and the following synopsis of them
cannot but be Of interest to merchants
and the general public.
Judge Cooley, one Of the best rec
ognized authorities on railroads in the
United States, considers that with in
telligent commissioners who will thor
oughly study the intricacies Of railroad
business, tie law " may be made to
accomplish some good, to remedy some
serious abuses" He thinks that while
rates will not be much affected they
will be better maintained than now J;
that the long and short haul clause
will make necessary an equalization in
some cases at competing points, which
will raise existing rates, and that, in
the absence Of pooling, "traffic agree
ments between the roads must assume
new FORMS" Mr.. Simon Sternc, of
New York, saws that "the immediate
effect of the law on local and through
rates will prevent under cutting" The
long and short haul clause, he holds,
:" has been greatly misunderstood"
that the prohibition against charging
oh 1c 10,
long IS dependent con like conditions
and circumstances, Of which the com
missioners are to judge, and they may
change or suspend it if they deem it
advisable. He holds, with Judge
Cooley, that ''the prohibition of pools
does not prevent traffic agreements be-
tween railway managers" Prof Had :
ley, Of Connecticut, considers that
"the effect of the long and short haul
provision will depend entirely on the
construction given to the clause by
courts" The prohibition of pools will,
in his opinion, be difficult to enforce.
"The attempt in other countries"
he says, ''to prohibit pooling by law
has only made special rates more Sc
Cret.''
Mr.. Charles Francis Adams holds it
every difficult to predict, from the
complex character of the law, what
practical results may follow from il. :"
Senator Leland Stanford says that, in
his Judgment, ''the effect of the law on
competing lines will be favorable, as it
will stop undertaking. For long dis
tances tie question of the product
must always be a consideration. Mr.
Hudson, of Pittsburg, is ofopmion that
"the long and short haul clause will
resultin i two-fold advantage" The
spirit Of the bill is to discourage, on
the one hand, underwriting on COM
peting points, and, on the other, to
forbid the use of pooling to push rates
to higher levels in the intervals between
wars. Mr.. Pillsbury, of Minneapolis,
states "the effect of the law will be to
increase through rates"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17
A LETTER..

EDITOR GOLD LEAF-The following En-
thnsiastic epistle, from one colored broth
err TO another, was picked up short time
since and thought to give it to your read
erS as a curiosity.
WHY his time was SO good, he does not
say: but it must have been extraordinary,
when the loss of horse made no differ
ence. NJ.
"NovEM. 3. 1873: --DEAR OLD AND BorH-
ER-thi. Leaves me and sister taller and a Il
Well We are having good time she says
When you Come you titst Go to Miss har-
ret horse for tler is work for You to do. i
cannot STAY Their have tried. your litel
Blck is sick she is Bearfooted to what must
he done Bout it: ain at sister talers: i
have had the best time Will s ay tell sun
day. if YOU do not come then Go home:
had kaiSe time at --- Monday night
$50 Bow Gotten is a Ii Right me and Cable
was all right. thought You was going to
stay till come had not Wood have stayed
lVhpr was the horse IS dead: But that
IS all Fright.
! Mss Branch sends Love toyou. The Love
for you is i'll -. Brother c., Right
Let me hear from you. Give my Love to
2 Il yUir Friend -
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17
IMMEDIATE PAYMENT,

These policies as soon as they become
lucontestab!e are payable instantly uron
the death of the person assured. ard the
presentation Of proofs establishing the
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17
The Bread w inners.
TDarhani Recorder. ]

The. General Assembly of North
Carolina, is SO peculiarly situated at
this session, that they have a golden
opportunity to do much for the real
good of the people, to help forward
the real and substantial progress and
prosperity of the State.
One has but to cast his eye over
Durham, the numerous villages on
Deep River in Randolph, the many
cotton mills dotting Alamance, and
many other industries in various por-
tons OF the State, to see that new
and large class Of bread-winnerS are
springing up over the State.
Hitherto their numbers have been
50 inconsiderable, and their vocation
50 strange, that legislation has been
too blind to their essential and pecu-
liar interests. But upon their increace
in numbers, they have resOrted to the
American Democratic method of or
ganizing, and bringing their grievan-
ces to the attention of the public, and
making their influence felt. In this
State the Knights of Labor have led
in this matter, and have already il
aucnced public opinion very decided
| ". They viii doubtless continue tc
labor along on that peaceabIe line
with success when they are right, anc
with failure, we hope, when they are
wrong.
The peculiar circumstances undel
which the bread-winners labor, subject
them to undue influences that can anC
ought to be remedied by law. The,
are engaged now in laying deep, broad
and firm the foundations OF N0rtl
Cardinals future greatness and econ
omic grandeur The Old Nortl
State is destined, in no very distan
future, to rival the New England State
both in manufactures and commerce
In this march of progress, manufac
lures must precede commerce.
Durham has shown what manufac
| lures may do for the prosperity of eV
5 cry class of our people. Other sec
tons of the State better situated 70
= manufactures than we are, will lear
: of US, catch the spirit of progress, an
: take up the grand march Of improve
: ment. There is ample room for a
l legitimate enterprises, and all patriot
D ic citizens will gladly hail the marc
e Of progress.
e But in this grand march of progres
Y let US not forget the toiling bread-wir
!; ners who are to work it out-the 7
e tans at the heaving engines, the gian
n at the FORCES, the angel who watcht
1 the fast-nying shuttles, and the fail
n who guides the swift whirling spindle
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17
The FREE T>NTINE POLICY.

After this policy has been in force one
year. there will be DO restrictions what
ever upon travel, residence or cccupa~
ton. Ply this stroke a prolific source oi
discomfort. apprehension aid litigation
is swept away. Persons resid ing IL, CT
about to travel to. unhealthy localities,
OF engaged If, or about TO engage in.
dangerous occupations. will not ba as
sured at the same rates but intelligent
examination of tho results OF the vasl
business Of this Society establishes the
fact that fer the general mass of the So-
ciety's policy holders the CONCESSION
| now made will be amply covered by lbs
premium charged, which is pot greater
than is charged by other large conra
MES for policies far less Ito era. III their
cJndllio. $.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17
Sharps and Flats.

The man in love with himself never
has rival.-Rahway 4a9orafe.
"When will you cease your love fol
me? ?" asks poetess. Well, we dom
know, dear, but if you want to expert
ment just appear in toboggan cos
tume.-New Haven Meas.
God pity the poor, unfortunate tat
tier who cannot look a dog in the face
for fear he might read her ungoverna,
BILE trait of character in her counte-
nance.-Gorham Nountaineer.
Brick Pomeroy believes that Mrs
Logan. should be elected to succeed
her late husband, as Senator from H.
linois. A woman in the Senate
There would be an lily noise Senator,
surely.-Whitehall Times.
Counting a girl is like starting a
newspaper. 1t starts out as a week
ly, then it becomes a tri-weekly, then
n1erges into daily. lit has any en-
terprise, it comes out with an extra
occasionally Carl PretsePs Weekh.
May Foote of Boston, is reputed to
be worth IS, zoo, ooo.-B0st0n Cen
s17er
A snug little sum to get, to boot,
when some young man captures the
Foote.--Safat4ga Eagk'.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17

Thee policies Will be issued under the
laws Of the State Of New York puaran>
teeng paia up policy. t. ue computed
by q definite rule legally prescribed, III
case Of surrender af.er three years from
date O: issue
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17

~
The contents OF the proposal aud
the - p' lIcy' have Eee1 reduced to the
simplest practical form, alt, gether shoin
OF ambiguous or technical expressions.
81 as to he eas ly understood by the COM
mOa mind All unreasonable cnndi>
tioas have been removed, and valuable
guarantees Introduced. A careful in
>pe@tion OF the foim5 is invited.
IMPORTANCE OF REFORM MEASUsEs.
TIE public is reminded Of the impor-
taace CT selecting, for assurance, a c.>m-
pany which makes it a point to keep in
advance in all reforms The Eunita bic
Life Assurance S"ciety introduced the
accunnuiat We Tor Tontinel method of di>
Vidlng profits; the iucontesta L. feature:
the hmm: di.te payment Of death claims:
the slmp!ItcatiOn Oh contracts; and now
combines these with absolute freedom
as to residence, travel and eccuhation
after the ii rst Year hut for the action OF
this Society these reforms " ouid be I'M
known, and in no other company can
they be secured ia combination.
ASSETS, 81, 600, 900
Surplus. AZ per cent? $4,000, 900
Il per cent? l4,O0, 900
NEW BUSINESS in 1886, over 500 ,OO0, coo
Tables of rates ard more particular de
scriptions may be obtained upon appli-
cation to j. r. YOUNG, ACT
henderson, n. G..
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17
tstT ANyBoDY,s BUSINESS ?

4 y
Is IL anvbndv'S business
If a gentleman sbonli choose
To call upon lady.
If the lady don't refuse?
CT 10 speak little palmer,
That the meaning all may know,
/, It anybody business
If i lady has beau?
Is it anvbo;iy's business,
When that gentleman does call,
Or when he leaves the lady,
Or if lie leaves at all?
Or is it necessary
That the curtain should he drawn,
To save from further trouble
The outside lockers on?
Is it anybOdg's business
But the lady's If her beau
Rides out Hitu other ladies,
And doesn't let her know?
Is il anybOdy's business
But the gentleman's if she
Should accept anOther's escort,
Where he doesn't chance to be?
If a gentleman'S on the sidewalk.
Whether great OF whether small,
Is ii aDybOdy's business
Where that fellow means to call?
Or if y0u see person
As he's calling anywhere,
Is it anybody's business
What his business may be there?
The substance CT our query,
Simply stated would be this:
Is if anybOdy'S business
What anDther'S business is?
If il is. OF it it is not,
We would really like to know,
For we are certain if it isn't,
There are some who make it so.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17
Action for Divorce.
North Carolina, superior Court.
Vance county. ! February Term, 1887
John W. Vaughan, Plaintiff,



against
Mary L. Vaughan, Defendant.
This action is brought By the ,laia.iff
against the defendant for the purpose of
Obtaining divorce from the bonds of
matrimOny.
The def udsnt, Mary L. Vaughan. is
Therefore, hereby notified to be and aD>
pear at the next term of the Superior
Court of Vance county, to be held in the
town Of Henderson, N. c., at the court
house In said town, beginning on The
second Monday before the first Monday
In March, 1887, to answer or demur tn
the complaint fled in said cause, other
wise judgment will lie given as prayed
for In the complaint.
Given under nv hand aud seal this
18th day of January, 1887
j. r. YOUNG,
Clerk Superior Court of Vance county.
DAY x ZbLLIC ,FFEs. Atty's for Pl'tiff
jan 1876 o..
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17
ANNOUNCEMENT,

After careful stud of the usage of AS
surance companies at home and abroad,
AMI of the ex perience Of this society in
all the varied refo. ms introduced by if,
the Equitable life Assurance Society
has combined in one form of policy all
the advantages and guarantees which
can SAFELY and properly be united, and
now offers it to lie public under the
uame OF
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17
ANOTHER ADVANCE MOVE
MENT.
The Equitable Again the Pioneer in Re-
form.

The Equitable Life ssurance Society
Of The United States sweeps away the CID
me restrictions of travel, residence AID
occupation makes policies iDcOn te> bic
aHer two yeais, and reforms the wncle
assurance contract.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-02-17
INDIsPU rABLE AFTER TWO YEARS.

| These policies viii contain a special
! agreement e>topping the Society from
| making any defeuse to claim made
| upon policy which has been IN force
f.r two years. [See the policy for the
exact language.
The :ea ure OF the iDcontestabiity, in
trcouced by the Equitable Society, has
driven frcm the business much of the
| litigation formerly attached to it. he
Society finds by its experience that the
pro bationaty period eau safely be short
ened to two years.
Connecticut western news., 1887-04-06
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Ignorance too often mistakes conceit for dignity.
 Impose not burden on others which you cannot bear yourself.
 It demands giants strength to sub- due the weakness of love.
 He can never speak well, who knows not how to hold his peace.
 Dignity docs not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
 He who waits to do great deal of good at once will never do any thing.
 Conscience is the voice of the soul :; the passions are the voice of the body.
 Self-will is so ardent and active, that it will break d world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.
 The word knowledge, strictly em- ployed, implies three things, viz: Truth, proof and conviction.
 What pleasure it is to givel There would be no rich people if they wert capable of feeling this.
 Virtue does not give talents, but il supplies its place. Talents neither give virtue nor supply the place of it.
 A man must first govern himself err he is fit to govern family; and his fam ilv ere ho be fiji to bear tho oovern ment in the commonwealth.
Connecticut western news., 1887-04-06
How 8 Parliament was Dissolved.

Historians tell us that hats had some- thing to do with the dissolution of the Long Parliament of England. As soon as Cromwell had declared that the as- sembly no longer existed he put on his hat and paced up and down the Parlia- ment chamber. The members were piqued by his cavalier swagger and would not budge all inch. Cromwell called in Major Harrison and the guard. The Major saw what the trouble was, and felt that he could get the ex-depu- ties to retire much sooner by courtesy than carbines. He approached the Speaker, took off his own hat with much ceremony, bowed low, and kissed tho fallen officials hand. He retained the latter, however, with such gentle vio- lence that the disposed dignitary was constrained to follow whither the very polite but unwelcome Republican chose to conduct him. The Major led him out of tho hall, we are told, "as gentle man does lady, the whole parliament following" Thus Q hat in hand helped to do what hat on head failed to &C., complish. - Philadelphia Call.
Connecticut western news., 1887-04-06

The Hotel Register says: "Who would think the item of towels and napkins cut very considerable figure in the ex- pense account of hotel7 It does, never theless, and the cause is not so much from wear as from 8 sort of evapo- ration that might go by the name of theft, if the word did not sound SO ugly. A towel here or there or napkin once in while would not seem much to the parties wanting it so badly as to take it, but it nevertheless goes to prove that the only sort of property that is quite safe is that which is nailed to something. Soap disappears, too, and with that ire quency that one would think that some people used it for cold lunches along the road. Perhaps the only soap that is taken is good soap, and, perhaps, again, the reason that there is 80 little good soap put in the rooms of the average hotel is because the poor sort offers SO little temptation to the taker, and is thereby an economy. A man that will steal a cake of the average soap used In some hotels must be hard up. It can't do him my good, unlsss he want to 20 . gun. siae az4 ewns shot.sovsh"
Connecticut western news., 1887-04-06
E : An Alaskan's Valuable Testimonial,

Capt. Baker, who as commander of one of the United States cruisers took the surveyors to Alaska after its pur- chase by this government from Russia, tells some stories of adventure in the land of seals and polar bears. When he arrived there they found a tribe of natives quite destitute. One of the number, chief, handed Capt.
 Baker letter of recommend ation n solic- ited by the chief from former official placed at that point to represent the government. Uniformed "whomsoever it may concern" that the bearer was the chief of certain tribe, and thak it would pay those who followedf the
 writer to look out for the fellow. fhs he would steal anything he could aet his hand on-even hot stove. sI1hej chief was very proud of his letter, being of course entirely ignorant of it's contents and Capt. Baker needed the warning. -[ Milwaukee Sentinel. l,-... 2 7